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republican congressman today firmly asserted that the obama administration and director martin have been playing politics with a sequestered, and in this exchange, the congressman obviously did not by his claims, and he made it clear why not. ♪ >> it appears to me that the release of detainees was part of a sequester campaign that included the fictional firing of teachers, the closing of the white house for student doors, the displacement of meat inspectors, and now we will release aggravated felons, some aggravated felons on to the street. i have counted six times you have said you did not want to go rob peter to pay paul. i don't want peter or paul to rob one of our fellow citizens because you guessed wrong on who to release. so of -- what is a level one violator? and level one offender -- >> first i disagree with your characterization about these being -- >> that's fine. you can use your time to disagree with my characterization. don't use mine. what's a little one violator. >> with regard to level one offenders they are aggravated felons. >> how many were released? >> there are fou
republican congressman today firmly asserted that the obama administration and director martin have been playing politics with a sequestered, and in this exchange, the congressman obviously did not by his claims, and he made it clear why not. ♪ >> it appears to me that the release of detainees was part of a sequester campaign that included the fictional firing of teachers, the closing of the white house for student doors, the displacement of meat inspectors, and now we will release...
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barack obama announced his support for gay marriage after the lines had crossed in the public level. after a majority of americans tipped in that direction. i think when you look at the republican party and what this segment talked about, the changes in the republican party and people like rob portman, those are the minority views within that party. republican views on this issue nationwide have been fairly stable. only about a quarter of remembers tell us they support gay marriage so in some ways some of these republican politicians are arguably ahead whereof the rest of their party is in that direction of that change. >> ifill: greg lewis, is it possible these surveys we're looking at don't pick up a silent majority perhaps who could still oppose gay marriage? >> there's really no evidence of that. we've never seen that once public opinion shifts towards gay rights on any issue that it drops back for any length of time. also it appears that our estimates based on the polls of how much support there for gay marriage in each state have been very good predictors of the percentage of p
barack obama announced his support for gay marriage after the lines had crossed in the public level. after a majority of americans tipped in that direction. i think when you look at the republican party and what this segment talked about, the changes in the republican party and people like rob portman, those are the minority views within that party. republican views on this issue nationwide have been fairly stable. only about a quarter of remembers tell us they support gay marriage so in some...
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obama in that he wants to be able to sink some teeth into it and make sure that there is border security that is, that you can trust and verify it does exist before moving on. bill: kelly, as you're talking there, senator cornyn is live by the way. we expect rand paul to be next. that's why that is on the screen. right now there are 11 mill illegals in the u.s. today. how would senator paul handle that? >> reporter: well, his position could give a boost to a bipartisan group of eight senators who are seeking ways to overhaul immigration reform. here is what senator proposes. you believes you have to move forward first acknowledging the united states is not going to deport those 11 million illegal immigrants. that is position as you know will frustrate some of his tea party supporters who are adamant that illegal citizens must be sent back to their native country before reentering this country. senator paul tells fox news, what congress annually for five years making sure that the borders are secure, then providing temporary work visas they can make a pathway towards citizenship. bill: ke
obama in that he wants to be able to sink some teeth into it and make sure that there is border security that is, that you can trust and verify it does exist before moving on. bill: kelly, as you're talking there, senator cornyn is live by the way. we expect rand paul to be next. that's why that is on the screen. right now there are 11 mill illegals in the u.s. today. how would senator paul handle that? >> reporter: well, his position could give a boost to a bipartisan group of eight...
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phone message to voters featuring an impersonator of president obama. >> you know what makes me mad? the thought of larry brooms in congress. >> reporter: the rough-and-tumble race may remind voters of will farrell duketing out in the movie "the campaign." >> now that i'm running for congress we'll be under a lot of scrutiny. anybody have anything they want to share with us? rncht the voters who have grown accustomed to nasty south carolina politics seem to have no problem taking their pick, whether it's turner -- you think he has a shot? >> absolutely. why not? there are only 16 running. >> reporter: or sanford. i'm sorry he screwed up but i believe in him and i think he is our answer. >> done. >> reporter: the woman expected to win the democratic nod elizabeth colbert bush sister of comedian steven colbert has another way of describing low country campaigning. >> i think this race is so important and so pivotal. i think there's just a lot of passion. >> reporter: passions may be running high but the turnout is expected to be low so the results could come in fairly early later on th
phone message to voters featuring an impersonator of president obama. >> you know what makes me mad? the thought of larry brooms in congress. >> reporter: the rough-and-tumble race may remind voters of will farrell duketing out in the movie "the campaign." >> now that i'm running for congress we'll be under a lot of scrutiny. anybody have anything they want to share with us? rncht the voters who have grown accustomed to nasty south carolina politics seem to have no...
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certainly, they voted 70% for president obama in this last election. so there's a big debate going on inside the republican party. there are a lot of lawmakers, i will say, on capitol hill, republicans who say, well, we've just got to get this issue behind us. they think if thaw pass some sort of immigration reform, they don't have to worry about it in the future, although it may just open up a whole set of issues. so the republican party is by no means united by this. we haven't gotten to the nuts and bolts because nobody's actually written a bill. jon: yeah. that's one of the issues. a lot of speeches being given --? that's right. jon: he addressed the notion of that this contests of a form of amnesty which is anathema to a lot of people. listen to this. >> conservatives, myself included, are wary of amnesty. in fact, if you read the news already, i think i'm already being accused of it, and i haven't even given my speech yet. [laughter] it's kind of who wants to make up the definition. but what i'd say -- i'd say what we have now is de facto amnesty
certainly, they voted 70% for president obama in this last election. so there's a big debate going on inside the republican party. there are a lot of lawmakers, i will say, on capitol hill, republicans who say, well, we've just got to get this issue behind us. they think if thaw pass some sort of immigration reform, they don't have to worry about it in the future, although it may just open up a whole set of issues. so the republican party is by no means united by this. we haven't gotten to the...
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the republican budget does that. and i ask my colleagues to support the republican budget. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. . . mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, when president obama was sworn, in fact, before he even put his hand on the bible a little more than four years ago, we were losing over 700,000 jobs every month. the economy was actually spiraling downward at a faster rate than it was at the time of the great depression. and thanks to the resiliency of the american people and the emergency actions taken by the president and others we stopped the freefall, we turned the corner and there have been 36 consecutive months of private sector job growth, more than 6.4 million jobs created. we didn't get any help from our republican colleagues. when we had to make difficult decisions to prevent the total collapse of the economy. now we've seen some momentum in the job market and we have a republican budget that's going to put the brakes on that growth. that according to the congressional budget office and by the way their budget include
the republican budget does that. and i ask my colleagues to support the republican budget. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. . . mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, when president obama was sworn, in fact, before he even put his hand on the bible a little more than four years ago, we were losing over 700,000 jobs every month. the economy was actually spiraling downward at a faster rate than it was at the time of the great depression. and thanks to the...
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we had president obama sign the law that took care of our budget problems here. but we want to satisfy the republicans, and we want to get to that budget today. i talked about here this morning what a terrific job chairman murray has done on this bill. and she has. it's been really outstanding. but the budget is here by virtue of a law that was passed. there are 50 hours permitted for debate on the budget and then we can have a lot of amendments after all debate time is over. so the republicans said let's do the budget debate, and we say let us do it. why should we sit around here and look at each other and do nothing? my friend, the chairman of the -- i'm sorry, the ranking member of the budget committee, the junior senator from alabama, said let's do it after easter. madam president, we're going to do this. we are going to do this before we go home for easter. if they want to use the whole 60 hours, we'll start the debate on the budget sometime thursday morning. and we'll have 50 hours and a lot of votes. if that's what they want to do, we can do that. but why
we had president obama sign the law that took care of our budget problems here. but we want to satisfy the republicans, and we want to get to that budget today. i talked about here this morning what a terrific job chairman murray has done on this bill. and she has. it's been really outstanding. but the budget is here by virtue of a law that was passed. there are 50 hours permitted for debate on the budget and then we can have a lot of amendments after all debate time is over. so the republicans...
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president obama has spent the last few weeks sit down with congressional republican senatial republicans and talking about maybe getting some type of grand bargain. it's called the charm offensive by some. he claims to be looking for a bipartisan solution to the many budget problems we've been facing for the last four years. joining us now, a man straight from the business world to the senate seat, senator ron johnson. you were at both of those meetings. we heard about substance and directness. you believe the president knows exactly what he needs to do with entitlements. he's just not saying it. correct? >> good morning, brian. yeah. he laid out very accurately really the priority of the problems, health care spending, medicare. it was interesting because he made the point that part of the problem in reforming medicare is that americans pay one dollar in, but they're going to get $3 out in benefits and he went on it say but americans don't understand that, so my input back to him was, mr. president, you have the bully pull bit. if you start informing the american people, start preparing
president obama has spent the last few weeks sit down with congressional republican senatial republicans and talking about maybe getting some type of grand bargain. it's called the charm offensive by some. he claims to be looking for a bipartisan solution to the many budget problems we've been facing for the last four years. joining us now, a man straight from the business world to the senate seat, senator ron johnson. you were at both of those meetings. we heard about substance and directness....
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to boast about right now. 47% of americans approve of the job that president obama is doing compared to 50% who disapprove. his net approval rating has dropped 15 percentage points since january. now, despite his recent outreach to republicans, 56% believe the president's not doing enough to cooperate with a full 70% thinking the gop is not reaching out. that matches an all-time high. as far as the budget goes, only 31% say they approve of how the president is handling how government raises and spends money. >> wow. >> just 19% support the way congressional republicans are dealing with it. and it was nearly split. 47% sided with the president, 46% sided with republicans, and i wonder, joe, if this is at least inspiration enough for them to just get a deal. is anyone going to get worse than this? really? why can't they at least get something done. >>> i think politically the pressure is more on the president for this reason. you go -- you ask somebody -- it's kind of like lawyers. i found that everybody hated lawyers, right? >> yep. everybody loves their own lawyer. you should have se
to boast about right now. 47% of americans approve of the job that president obama is doing compared to 50% who disapprove. his net approval rating has dropped 15 percentage points since january. now, despite his recent outreach to republicans, 56% believe the president's not doing enough to cooperate with a full 70% thinking the gop is not reaching out. that matches an all-time high. as far as the budget goes, only 31% say they approve of how the president is handling how government raises and...